Man dies during police chase

Chicagoan pinned between wall, car

A Chicago man died Friday night after a police car that was chasing him pinned him against a wall on the South Side, authorities said Saturday. A police spokesman called the incident an accident.

The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the man as Curtis Collins, 24, of the 8000 block of South Throop Street. A spokesman with the office said the cause of death was still under investigation.

Police said Collins and another man were in the 8000 block of South May Street about 9 p.m. Friday when two police officers in a marked car tried to stop them on suspicion of drug charges.